Return-Path: X-Spam-DCC: paranoid 1233; Body=3 Fuz1=3 Fuz2=3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on lipkowski.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RATWARE_GECKO_BUILD autolearn=no version=3.1.3 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by paranoid.lipkowski.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id s99CsUbR025773 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2014 14:54:30 +0200 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1XcD9S-00082c-42 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:49:02 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1XcD9R-00082T-Gy for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:49:01 +0100 Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com ([209.85.217.181]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from <73dk7fc@googlemail.com>) id 1XcD9P-0001pW-NH for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:49:00 +0100 Received: by mail-lb0-f181.google.com with SMTP id l4so1071752lbv.12 for ; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:48:55 -0700 (PDT) X-DKIM-Result: Domain=googlemail.com Result=Good and Known Domain DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=E/hZCHjKcr2dd8n5+eP1deDkiyaJMyed0JPcFV7+HEM=; b=KXae2SgejtBfV/fBv4PvHr1L2setwAOA6KIND2Hcz8d1oELY/uGhhnXEJuzFXcW+7y fEHwuTwyideV5n0+EOoDQv+J7FNdmFqRGB7UNITYYnsMthvIc2Hwwc0so2kTSD/ICfru m39TB6Dlj8UPh2acuHwJyL9vby6wzabCiQhEqi1RBaFYs+Lw6bmdEIlaXG9CvFXT+qrc FapmFf7DwpLckNeDD+jzpp0Ic/+erI5aSGO4umeYwua8BuY3xtDJg/2eInwjiiXWVm8K tg3lcMuHLi/Vi8rIYaVLbesjw+N8iJKI86QMt5/4uGNXzrjP900OC321TWuyyehP6lQS V49A== X-Received: by 10.152.5.130 with SMTP id s2mr16956625las.0.1412858935480; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:48:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [129.206.22.206] (pc206.iup.uni-heidelberg.de. [129.206.22.206]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ki7sm938618lac.38.2014.10.09.05.48.53 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:48:54 -0700 (PDT) From: DK7FC <73dk7fc@googlemail.com> X-Google-Original-From: DK7FC <73dk7fc@gmail.com> Message-ID: <54368434.2000405@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:48:52 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; de; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org" X-Scan-Signature: 4ad5f3f1a9241b934aaa5d0e23c9dc57 Subject: LF: ELF communications ? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 10.1.3.10 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 733 Hi ELF, This afternoon i'm attempting to transmit on my INV-L on 136.172 Hz (not kHz!). Just preparing my H bridge VLF PA and i intend to use an old 10 kV transformer which i got from an old furnance (to inflame the oil stream), see https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19882028/VLF/10kV%20Trafo.jpg Will that work on 2.4 km distance? It's well inside the near field. Which mode could be possible? QRSS-3? CW? The 2200000 m band, or 2.2 Mm band :-) A near field of 350 km !! I hope i can apply 10 kV to the antenna. It will not be resonated. And maybe i will see harmonics as well, because the input is rectangular... 73, Stefan/DK7FC